coat
noun/kəʊt/
/kəʊt/
Idioms 
enlarge imagea piece of outdoor clothing that is worn over other clothes to keep warm or dry. Coats have sleeves (= parts covering the arms) and may be long or short.外套；外衣；大衣 - to wear a coat
穿外套 - to put on/take off your coat
穿上／脱下外套 - a fur coat
毛皮大衣 - a leather coat
皮衣 - a long winter coat
冬天穿的长大衣 - in a coat a man in a black coat
一个穿黑外套的男人 - I dressed in my finest blue wool coat.
我穿着我最好的蓝色羊毛外套。 - He slipped the letter into his coat pocket.
他把信塞进外套口袋里。
Extra ExamplesTopics Clothes and Fashiona1- Let me take your coat.
让我替你拿着外套。 - The coat was buttoned up wrong.
外衣钮扣扣错了。 - Why don't you take off your coat if you're hot?
如果你觉得热，为什么不把外套脱了？
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- long
- short
- three-quarter length
- …
- don
- pull on
- put on
- …
- collar
- sleeve
- …
- to wear a coat
- (North American English) (old-fashioned in BrE) a jacket that is worn as part of a suit
（套装的）上装，上衣 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- long
- short
- three-quarter length
- …
- don
- pull on
- put on
- …
- collar
- sleeve
- …
enlarge imagethe fur, hair or wool that covers an animal’s body动物皮毛 - a dog with a smooth/shaggy coat
皮毛光滑的／蓬乱的狗 - animals in their winter coats (= grown long for extra warmth)
长有冬季皮毛的动物（毛长而更保暖）。
Extra ExamplesTopics Animalsb2- The dog sheds its winter coat once the weather becomes warmer.
这条狗天一变暖就会蜕掉过冬的毛。 - a dog with a long shaggy coat
皮毛又长又蓬乱的狗
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- long
- short
- thick
- …
- shed
- a dog with a smooth/shaggy coat
- a layer of paint or some other substance that covers a surface
涂料层；覆盖层 - to give the walls a second coat of paint
给墙刷上第二层涂料
Extra Examples- Make sure the base coat has thoroughly dried before applying the top coat.
要确定底漆乾后再上面漆。 - The room needs a fresh coat of paint.
这个房间需要新刷一层涂料。 - Apply a coat of clear varnish.
涂上一层透明清漆。 - The floor needs another coat of varnish.
地板需要再涂一层清漆。 - The windows were painted with undercoat and two coats of gloss.
窗户涂有底漆和两层光泽。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- thick
- light
- thin
- …
- apply
- put on
- dry
- coat of
- to give the walls a second coat of paint
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French cote, of unknown ultimate origin.
Idioms
cut your coat according to your cloth
- (saying) to do only what you have enough money to do and no more
量入为出 - We wanted to buy a bigger house than this but it was a case of cutting our coat according to our cloth.
我们想买比这更大的房子，但这是根据我们的布料剪裁我们的外套的情况。
- We wanted to buy a bigger house than this but it was a case of cutting our coat according to our cloth.